Striker Question

[dustcowpoke]

After bringing in Tevez what is the order of choices for Pardew?

This has to be the best (outside of the top 4 clubs) selection of strikers any manager has his disposal.

Bobby Zamora- In amazing form, scoring goals for fun ATM.

Marlon Harewood- 52 goals in two seasons.

Teddy Sheringham- Old man who can still score goals.

Carlton Cole- scored on his debut for you guys.

Carlos Tevez- It only gets better as the most promising striker out of South America has come to West Ham.

How are you so lucky?

[Chadwell]

After bringing in Tevez what is the order of choices for Pardew?
My guess,

1. Tevez
2. Zamora (as long as he keeps scoring)
3. Ashton (when he's healthy)
4. Harewood (will always be listed as sub since he can play as attacking mid)
5. Cole
6. Sheringham

When/if Zamora cools off, he'll drop behind Cole in the pecking order.

For a West Ham fan, this has been a very nice question to respond to. :D

[Hammerette]

Assuming all fit and on form

Tevez
Ashton
Harewood
Zamora
Cole
Tedward

[15woodcroft]

It's going to be interesting to watch AP try to give playing time to all six without generally upsetting the apple cart.

and you have to feel for cole. he must have heard the news on thursday morning and had a real sense of deja vu.

[west_ham]

If AP does this cleverly enough he can give all those strikers some playing time. We do have four competitions to compete in this season.

I would play Cole and Sherringham in the League Cup, Ashton (when fit) and Tevez in the FA Cup, Zamora and Harewood in the PL and Tevez plus whoever is fit/in form in the UEFA Cup. I know this means that some of them don't get as many games as they would like but players have to realise that this is the reality of playing for an up and coming, ambitious club who are looking to win silverware.

I do think, though, that either January or next summer we will see at least one of these six leave us. The talk on SSN is that Tevez will be with us next season. Sherringham will be the obvious one to finish but there is no reason why he should retire unless he is ready. If he still has more football in him then we should use him. So failing that either Cole, Harewood or Zamora will go if anyone.